Mr. Paul Lemass:

Student tenancies are required to be registered the same as any other tenancy. The registration enforcement activity I have to hand is specifically to do with registrations. In addition to the 1,500 or so investigations, 4,651 first notices were given regarding registration in 2018. That number rose to 6,013 in 2019. It went down to 1,282 in 2020 and that is clearly Covid-related. These are significant numbers and the RTB follows up with a second notice letter, a first solicitor letter and, indeed, a second solicitor letter. That goes on to additional enforcement. There was in the order of 550 additional enforcements beyond the two letters and two notices. I think that points to a significant engagement by the RTB in the issue of registration of tenancies.